Top 6 SEO Mistakes to Avoid in 2016

So , finally you decided to use SEO in your online marketing strategy. Well that’s good !!. Now here come 2 scenarios

Case 1 : You hired a SEO Guy / Company.

Case 2 : You are doing it yourself ( DIY).

Lets discuss about Some Common mistakes to avoid while doing SEO by yourself

Top 6 SEO Mistakes to Avoid in 2016

Choosing wrong type of keyword : This is a common mistake which people often do, they choose short tail keywords, which are highly competitive , instead of long tail keywords.
But what are short tail keywords?. – Short tail keywords are highly competitive keywords, for eg : If you want to choose a keyword for a Cake shop, what keyword you will choose ?? — Â buy cake online , Online cake delivery , Online cake shop etc. something like that ?? – Well these keywords are very difficult to get rank on , You should choose long tail keywords like :- Suppose Cake shop in above example is in Gurgaon , So your keywords will be like : – Online Cake Delivery in Gurgaon Sector 4 Â . We can even add service area in the keywords Â for eg :- Online cake delivery in DLF phase -1 , Online cake Shop in Gurgaon sector 4 . Now these keywords are much easier to get rank for, as you have added locations. – Just remember :- “Big Fishes are always easier to catch “Â .

Keyword Stuffing :- Â One of the biggest mistake, people do is that , they stuff keywords in the article.
But what is Keyword Stuffing :- Keyword stuffing Â is an Old SEO trick, which doesn’t work anymore.
For eg :-
best cake shop in gurgaon
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best cake shop in gurgaon
best cake shop in gurgaon
best cake shop in gurgaon
best cake shop in gurgaon
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Few years back if you had done this you would have got good rank in search engine, but not now , Search Engine are now became too smart and won’t fall for this trick anymore.

Â Copied Content : Remember those School days ?? When we use to copy every assignment and homework from other school mate Â , well this might work in school , but not in google , Google will penalize the sites with copied content by pushing their rank downÂ , and in extreme cases Google will de-index those pages or may de-index whole site. So always try to write fresh content.

Duplicate Content :- Â This may be intentional or non-intentional , Duplicate Content means having Same Content more than one time on your website. Here are 2 cases :-
a) In case of E-Commerce Site or large sites , they may have multiple page for same product , again this might not be intentional , but it creates problem for the search engine like , Which page it shouldÂ show for a search query. This might get you a lower rank in Search Engine.
b) Same Meta title and Description :- This is a common mistake which people often do , by not having unique title and description for each page. A Meta title and Description Should contain all the important information, which you have written in the article.

Bad Backlink Creations or Spammy Backlinks :-Â Don’t just blindly build links from any site , getting backlinks from bad sites can hurt your ranking , One quality link from a high authority site is better than 100 backlinks from low authority sites. So focus on quality not on quantity.

Not using Analytics and Webmaster tools :- According to Matt Cutts, Head of Search Spam at Google , if the content of your site can’t be crawled by spiders, it can’t be indexed. By configuringÂ Webmaster tools you can monitor the accessibility of your site.
Also, how to track all the progress you have done so far ?? – Using Google analytics will solve this problem.